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Tommy Jarrell, born March 1, 1901, and died January 28, 1985, was a legendary old-time fiddler, banjo player, and singer from the Round Peak Region of Surry County. He began playing music at the age of seven. Jarrell became known as "The Master of Round Peak Music" for his old fiddle style on the fiddle and his clawhammer-picking style on the banjo. In 1982 he was selected as one of fifteen master folk artists for the first National Heritage Fellowships of the National Endowment for the Arts. His fiddle is now part of the Smithsonian Institution's collections in Washington, D.C.
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